Wings Comics (1940) 52
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Issue #52
Published Dec 1944 by Fiction House.- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4088540011
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Art Saaf. Edited by J.F. Byrne and Ruth Atkinson. Stories and art by Art Saaf, Howard Larsen, Jack Keller, Alex Blum, Matt Baker, Lee Elias and Gene Colan. Aviation-themed adventure, combat and history tales from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Good-girl art aplenty as Jane Martin's cover as a Lisbon dancer is blown. Greasemonkey Griffin learns a lesson about "scrounging" aircraft parts, in a story that would fit right in with Will Eisner's "Joe Dope" series. The Skull Squad's mission is hijacked by a native woman who wants their help destroying a Japanese airbase. Featuring early art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker and future Marvel legend Gene Colan. Skull Squad; Jane Martin; Clipper Kirk; Captain Wings; Suicide Smith; Wing Tips; Hell-from-Heaven Men; Greasemonkey Griffin. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
